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Religion is the cause of war: Christianity

Jesus is a story created by Jews for Christianity, a religion fathered by Judaism.

The Buddha is a story created for Buddhism, a religion fathered by Hinduism.

While Christianity gave birth to the material world of science for the west, Buddhism asserted the non-material nature of existence for the east.

WW1and WW2 erupted in the west. The rumblings of WW3 is heard now; yet again in the west.

How does religion cause war which is human conflict incited by fear and driven by rage?
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SW-User
Religion is the binding force in a world torn apart by religion.
@SW-User Jesus is The binding force in a world torn apart by religion and all types of denominations, and that's because salvation is not about religion. Jesus died to save the whole world, not just some.
SW-User
@LadyGrace Only in your opinion, and you're entitled to it. Just do not force your beliefs on me.
@SW-User I have stated my beliefs just as you have and just because I state them doesn't mean they are forced. And by the way that's not just my opinion. It's in the Bible.
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@LadyGrace
And by the way that's not just my opinion. It's in the Bible.
Which is a heavily edited book written with a clear agenda in mind.

But still, fine.
@SW-User Hardly. But you're right about God having an exact agenda in mind and that was to save souls and that makes it worth reading.
SW-User
@LadyGrace That's your opinion. Mine is based on fact. The Bible is no more the word of God than Harry Potter.
@SW-User I guess you'll have to find out the hard way and I'm sorry about that. Man in his finite wisdom, has no idea how to get to heaven on his own without Jesus. Man never has and never will, be smarter than God.
SW-User
@LadyGrace Ah, so you're condemning me to Hell. I'll risk it. 😴
@SW-User Surely you are smarter than that haha... No, people condemn themselves to hell, when they refuse to allow Jesus to rescue them from the condemnation that sin placed on us all. Whether you choose to be rescued or not, is your responsibility, not mine. But heaven couldn't be called heaven if it was full of sin and it is not, so that means we can't drag our sins into heaven with us but we can be forgiven of them and get ourselves ready for heaven. If we do nothing to prepare our souls for heaven, that won't be God's fault. That will be our own. And once we miss that opportunity, there's no changing our minds, once we cross over.
SW-User
@LadyGrace You believe I need rescuing because of something you read in a book. I have no time for people like you.
@SW-User A person's soul is the worst thing they could risk or Gamble with, because what they decide determines where they shall spend eternity and that's an awfully long time to get it wrong.
SW-User
@LadyGrace Once again, that's your opinion, based on a 2,000 year old book written by a bunch of men with a clear agenda.
@SW-User of course I don't believe you need rescuing because of a book I read. Even I needed rescuing. The whole world does, because sin always separates us from God and it is he alone that tells us how to get to heaven, so we'll have no excuse that we didn't know.
@SW-User don't make the mistake of thinking it's just any book. One day we're going to face eternity, and we may die bodily but not spiritually, and, God's Word will never pass away. Never underestimate God.
SW-User
@LadyGrace And you know this because....? It says so in the Bible, right.
@SW-User That's not what God said in His Word. I respect your opinion but I really wish you would just read God's Word and you would see that it was not written by just any men or man. God cannot lie. He is perfect and we would do well, all of us, to listen to him. He has been to heaven and back and who better to know what happens to us after we die, than Jesus?

Scripture tells us that God did not hand down His sacred word to just anyone. It was given unto men what to write but not just any man, but holy men of old. Who under the direction of the Holy Spirit, told them what to write by inspiring them which is what he does. Never give up on God, please. He will never give up on you, because He loves you more than words could ever say, in this whole world. And he not only said he loves us but he proved it to us by dying on the cross to pay for our sins. Nobody else would do that for us.
SW-User
@LadyGrace I'm sorry, but everything you've said is simply telling me to read the Bible. So you have contradicted yourself when you said it's not just the Bible. No, according to you, it is only the Bible.

We're done.
@SW-User I don't need just the Bible to tell me that, no. I believe it because I have experienced exactly what I thought was never ever possible but the Lord proved me wrong. I never ever would have dreamed that the Holy Spirit could come into my heart and life and change my life completely for the best and good, until I actually asked Jesus to come into my heart and life to be my Savior. I have absolutely no gain or reason to lie about that. I wasn't even expecting that. If somebody would have told me that after I was forgiven and the Lord saved my soul that I would receive the Holy Spirit and know it, I would have thought they were a liar but I found out first hand that that's exactly what happened as promised in the Bible. The Holy Spirit came to me and dwelled in me the minute I accepted Jesus as my personal Savior. It is the supernatural transformation that only the Holy Spirit himself can do. And he will do that for anyone who wants to have him a Savior.
SW-User
@LadyGrace And why did you accept Jesus? You read the Bible.
@SW-User Have it your way. But see how far it gets you when you're actually facing eternity by yourself. I haven't contradicted one thing. I said it's not only the Bible that I believe and when I say that, I mean I believe what Jesus said. And the only reason you're done is because you don't want Jesus to save you. You don't believe. And that's entirely up to you, yes. You don't have to believe one word I said but when you miss what Jesus said, you have missed everything. If I had said it was only the bible, I wouldn't have given you my experience! But I have seen God take drunkards and prostitutes and turn their lives right around and he even saved my daughter from certain death. That's all I was saying because you can blame me all you want for not wanting to accept Jesus to save you from your sins but that's not on me. That's your responsibility. It's you that is rejecting Christ. It has nothing to do with me and you know it. I won't bother you anymore.
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@LadyGrace
I won't bother you anymore.
Please don't, as, despite you claiming you never do this, you are forcing your beliefs on me.
@SW-User No I accepted Jesus because I knew I was a sinner . My conscience told me that and Jesus is the one we go to when one wants to be saved. He is no liar. I was not preconditioned or programmed. I made up my own mind just as everyone should do after they read God's Word and see it what he has to say at least.
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@LadyGrace You said you would leave me alone. You are forcing your beliefs on me.
@SW-User no no that's what you want to think because that's what you want to believe. Are you so weak that you can't make up your mind that I could force my beliefs on you? Please. You asked me questions and I told you. And now I am done because you don't want me to tell you and I will respect that. Thank you. But don't blame it on me. You asked and I gave questions which you reject and that's fine, no problem. But don't blame your rejection of Christ on me.
@SW-User and you must be a troll because you kept asking me questions and I was kind enough to answer. If you want to think of that is forcing then have at it. One excuse is as good as the other.